Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-08
Anothpr Pnpnr on 1he same subisct.

ALVIN, Tx, June 81 saw nOLlC
in the Post Of recent date of q lectur
by c lombard on"Droutl and the Rem
edy" L do not know what the remed
proposed by Mr.. LombaCdi is, but an eX
pertinent that has been undertaken her!
has proven so very successful that It de-
serves notice. An enterprising citizen 0
this place drove three pipes, one and one
| half inches in diameter, with well pOint
on them, eighteen feet deep, and owe
them built G windmill and tank. He theI
! laid mains Of Cne-iuch pipe over some
| four or five acres CT land, with C0nven-
| lent hydrants. During the unprecedented
drouth we have had this spring, this mil
was run to its full capacity constantly,
| drawing water from these wells, and with
aid Of rubber hose, applying to the lanC
where wanted, and there has been no de
crease in quantity from this constant
drain, and
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF GALLONS
have been drawn. As 3 result of this,
the owner of this garden mas the finest OF
vegetables and more orders than he can
fill at good prices. a good windmill and
pump can be put up at a cost Of S75, and
The pipe for mains costs 6 20 cents per
LCDb" L NJ 1GOICAEGO ylCAtl dLNt DCLIC1
prices obtained for first-CIass vegetables
from few acres will pay all expenses of
building from one crop. Here III this
coast country, where the breeze is con-
slant, windmill is complete success.
There are gardens here OF three To four
acres which have paid from the spriGg
crop over $500, and the summer and fall
will pay as much more. and openings for
many more, and an unlimited market
open TO us with Houston, which bids fair
in the next decade to reach a population
of 100000. North Of US, twenty-four
miles, only forty-fve minutes by railroad,
five daily trains, and with Galveston
south, twenty-nine miles, one hour by
rail, three daily trains, and with direct
communication with North Texas and
all the
GREAT CITIES OF THE NORTHWEST.
Then our seasons are several weeks N
advance of interior points, giving free
run CT the early markets. These advant-
ages, in connection with the healthfulness
of this section, good wafer and pleasant
weather, must eventually bring this coNn-
try into prominence. Already this imrfe-
date section is beginning TO realize Il.
Dsily we see new faces prospecting to
find something better than cotton farm-
ing, end real estate Is constantly beng
bought. A tract of eighty acr@s contigu-
Gus to the depot has been lad eff into
business and building lots, and offered on
very reasonable terms, and shman ira is
of five, ten or more acres can be bought
at fair figures. Transportation facilities
are the best, with mali lineSa the Gulf,
Colorado and Santa Fe anu Houston
branch roads, and the Air Linest8ill pass
US also. An effort is now being made to
organize high school, and there is no
more eligible point in the state. Health,
location,
PLEASANT SUMMER BREEZEs, ETC,
considered, and from indications the
school will be organized under one of
the best educators in the state, and will
materially assist in settling and develop
ing this section. But returning to our
text, the "Drouth and its Remedy" men,
ton must be made of well dug at sec
ton A l, on Houston Branch Road, four
miles north of here. A hole four feet
square was dug depth Of thirty-seVen
feet, then two-iuch auger YVES bored
seven feet deeper and the water spouted
as high as mans head and rose several
feet before the man could be pulled from
the well. In short time it rose to with
in foot of the surface and there re-
mains, proving what ar abundance Of
water lies underneath, and Offering a
remedy for the drouth. S. n. r.